Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
- Is You Is or Is You Ain't My Baby
"Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby" is a 1944 Louis Jordan song, released on a single with "G.I. Jive" which reached #1 on both the Billboard pop and R&B charts.
It was co-written by Jordan and Billy Austin. Austin (March 6, 1896 - July 24, 1964) was a songwriter and author, born in Denver, Colorado. The phrase "Is you is or is you ain't" is dialect, apparently first recorded in a 1921 story by Octavus Roy Cohen, a Jewish writer from South Carolina who wrote humorous black dialect fiction.Glenn Miller recorded this song on a radio broadcast from Europe during World War 2.
Cover versions
The tune has become something of a jazz standard with versions recorded by artists including The Andrews Sisters, Bing Crosby, Nat "King" Cole, Buster Brown, Renee Olstead, Dinah Washington, Joe Williams, B.B. King, Screamin' Jay Hawkins, Joe Jackson and Swing Thing.
In 1946 the song was sung by Tom in the Tom and Jerry cartoon "Solid Serenade".
Featured in the closing scene of the first series of British sitcom "Spaced".
Remixes
A remix of the Dinah Washington version by Rae & Christian appeared on the Verve Remixed (2002) album.
A remix by DJ Shark, credited to Dinah Washington vs. DJ Shark appeared in the Michael Douglas film It Runs In The Family. Due to record label deadlines this version did not appear on the soundtrack album.
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